DC has officially canceled its Red Hood ongoing series, amid recent controversy surrounding social media posts made by the series’ writer, Gretchen Felker-Martin. This decision was formally announced just one day after the series first issue arrived in comic book stores on Wednesday, September 10th.
Popverse is confirming that, just a matter of hours later on late Wednesday night, a statement was sent from DC to retailers confirming that all future issues of the book are now canceled. Additionally, the publisher will be offering stores credit on all copies they had previously ordered on Red Hood #1… even the copies that had already been sold to customers earlier that day.
“DC Comics cancels existing orders for Red Hood #2 and Red Hood #3, and any orders for future issues of the series,” the statement to retailers reads. “DC Comics will credit retailers for all invoiced copies of Red Hood #1, inclusive of copies that may have already been sold.”
What happened?
Red Hood, written by Felker-Martin with interior art by Jeff Spokes, was set to be the first ongoing solo series centered around fan-favorite BatFam character Jason Todd / Red Hood. It was also poised to be the first mature-readers ongoing series set in DC’s mainline continuity, as opposed to the alternate Elseworlds imprint. Spinning out of the events of Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee’s recent Hush 2 story arc in Batman, it was set to follow a team-up (and potentially, a budding romance) between Jason and Helena Bertinelli / The Huntress, as they relocate to the fictional Louisiana town of New Angelique and fight crime.
Felker-Martin, a trans woman, is best known for her work on horror and science fiction novels like Cuckoo and Manhunt, the latter of which is set to be adapted into a television series by Lana Wachowski. Red Hood was far from Felker-Martin’s first published work at DC, as she had previously contributed to the 2024 DC Pride anthology as well as issues of Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy.
Outside of her work, Felker-Martin has also caught attention for her posts on social media, including receiving a 24-hour suspension on Bluesky last month after making a specific post geared towards Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. This, combined with other controversial posts of hers that DC fans uncovered on social media, had already sparked quite a bit of online discourse in the weeks leading up to the release of Red Hood #1.
On the release day of Red Hood #1, Felker-Martin made multiple posts on Bluesky about the recent shooting death of conservative pundit Charlie Kirk, which led to her account being suspended once again.
DC’s official statement on Red Hood‘s cancelation does not mention Felker-Martin by name, but does say that, “At DC Comics, we place the highest value on our creators and community and affirm the right to peaceful, individual expression of personal viewpoints. Posts or public comments that can be viewed as promoting hostility or violence are inconsistent with DC’s standards of conduct.”
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